October 25, 2017

“I used to work a lot with King Records and Henry Glover. He was the a&r man for King records. Syd Nathan, the boss, had Ralph Bass for Federal Records, me for DeLuxe Records, and King Records was basically Henry Glover. He…

Here is a personally autographed thank you note that James Brown sent to Henry Stone where you can practically feel the almighty funk of his spiritual dexterity as it’s jumping off the page with a foot kicked in the air…

“The big fallout with Syd Nathan was this…I got involved with Syd Nathan to activate this DeLuxe Records label. He had this dormant label that wasn’t doin’ anything and he revived it and I was a 50% partner with him on…

“It was about 1955. I got a call from Syd Nathan, the president of King Records up in Cincinatti. He said, “Henry, there’s an artist up in Macon, Georgia named James Brown. You should check him out and sign him…

About HSM

From 1946 to 2014, Henry Stone ruled the Florida music industry with an iron fist, a brick of cash, and a warehouse full of vinyl. HSM is the last of over one hundred record labels he personally founded. This record label includes works from every decade in his sixty-five year career right up until today. Licensing available for film, samples, advertising, movies, video games, and more. Family owned and operated.